“Unveiling the Untold Wisdom: How Kobe Bryant’s Candid Conversations with Icons Shape His Lasting Legacy”
DeMar DeRozan Got Bit By the “Mamba Mentality”
NBA superstar DeMar DeRozan was born in Compton, California. He grew up idolizing Kobe and attended his 2007 skills academy. DeRozan patterned his game after the Mamba and even wears Bryant’s signature basketball shoes during games.
“My imagination and my foundation started from Kobe…Just watching him give me that imagination as a kid to want to shoot a fadeaway. To want to learn to pull up. To want to rock a ‘fro. It started from that.”
DeRozan Believes “Everything, Everything, Came From Him.”
DeRozan spoke admirably about Bryant’s work ethic both on and off the court, going from his gym in Thousand Oaks, California, to play at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The humility DeRozan prepares and performs with to this day comes from lessons with Bryant. “Everything I learned came from Kobe. Everything. Take Kobe away; I wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t have love. I wouldn’t have passion, the drive. Everything, everything, came from him.”
Tiger Woods And Kobe Bryant Started Their 20-Year Run Together
In 1996, Tiger Woods was at the start of his professional golf career, and Kobe Bryant was drafted into the NBA. The majority of the 2000s saw both athletes dominate their respective sports and climb to the peak of their abilities.
Of his relationship with Kobe at the time, Woods said he had a feeling like he “really connected” with Bryant “more on the mental side…the prep, how much it takes to be prepared.”
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